But the Dutch found a lifeline for embattled boss Danny
Blind with Wesley Sneijder's
67th-minute equaliser. Daryl Janmaat's low shot forced a diving save from Robin
Olsen, and the ball came back out for Sneijder to score into the opposite
corner.

Sneijder had a chance to win it four minutes from time with
a shot from nearly the same spot on the pitch, but this time Olsen smothered
the strike.

And Bas Dost thought he had headed home a stoppage time
winner, but the goal was ruled out for a debatable foul in the buildup.

Also in Group A, Euro 2016 runners-up France also had a disappointing day as Les Bleus could only manage
a goalless draw at Belarus.

Olivier Giroud hit the crossbar with a header in the 58th
minute and France were denied on a number of near chances in the second half.

Bulgaria escaped
from multiple second-half scares to win 4-3 over Luxembourg in Group A.

Dimitar Rangelov's
powerful strike from distance gave Bulgaria the lead in the 16th minute, before
Luxembourg's Aurelien Joachim found
a pair of goals in a three-minute span after the hour mark to give the visitors
a shock lead.

The advantage lasted less than three minutes, however, as Marcelinho's header found a way through
traffic after the corner to draw Bulgaria level, and Ivelin Popov put the hosts back in front on 79 minutes with a free
kick over the wall.

Florian Bohnert
scored an equaliser with a worthy volley in the 90th minute, only for Aleksandar Tonev to lash home the
winner for Bulgaria a minute later.

Romelu Lukaku
scored twice as Roberto Martinez won his first competitive game in charge of Belgium, a 3-0 win at Cyprus in Group H.

Lukaku gave
Belgium the lead after 13 minutes when goalkeeper Konstantinos Panagiotoudis
pushed Thomas Meunier's deflected shot onto the crossbar, but the striker
reacted quickly to head home.

And Lukaku was
again on hand to head home after a Panagiotoudis save to add Belgium's second
in the 61st minute, before Yannick
Ferreira-Carrasco found the visitors' third goal nine minutes from time
from an Eden Hazard assist.

Also in Group H,
Greece scored three times in quick succession just before half-time to
defeat Gibraltar 4-1 in the minnows'
first-ever World Cup qualifier.

Kostas Mitroglou
gave Greece the lead on 10 minutes with a leaping volley from the top of the
18-yard-box.

Gibraltar hit back through Liam Walker, who was given plenty of room to enter the box from the
wing and curled a fine shot inside the far post.

But a 44th-minute Scott
Wiseman own goal was followed in short order by goals from Konstantinos
Fortounis and Vasilios Torosidis before the break.

Emir Spahic
scored twice as Bosnia-Herzegovina
began with a 5-0 home win over Estonia.

The hosts took the lead after seven minutes as Spahic saw
his close-range header saved, but it fell right back to him to head home on the
second attempt.

Edin Dzeko added
the second goal from the penalty spot after Ragnar Klavan's late challenge on
the striker in the 23rd minute.

Haris Medunjanin
scored with a volley following a corner to make it 3-0, before Vedad Ibisevic added a fourth with
seven minutes remaining and Spahic got his second of the day late on.

In the other games in Switzerland
and Portugal's group B, Valerijs Sabala's looping header gave Latvia a 1-0 win at Andorra, while Faroe
Islands held Hungary to a
goalless draw.

In Group G, Albania
scored a late goal to earn a 2-1 win over Macedonia
in a game that began on Monday.

The sides were level in the 78th minute when heavy rains
forced the game to be suspended, and when they resumed a day later Bekim Balaj
found the 89th-minute winner with a header following a long free kick.